Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has expressed dismay at the recent proposal of a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who asked the federal government to arm Igbo youths to counter Biafra nation agitators. Describing the proposal as malicious, misguided, divisive and inflammatory, the IPOB lawyer said Gumi’s outburst was driven by questionable obsession with monetary benefits in exacerbating terrorism and banditry across Northern Nigeria. He added that his actions have contributed to the region’s dire state of insecurity. Ejiofor stated this in a statement…
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I Now Rely On Rent From My Kaduna House To Feed – Buhari Laments
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the current hardship in Nigeria. Buhari disclosed that he now relies on rent from one of his two houses to feed himself. Addressing the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caucus at the Katsina State Government House, the former president insisted that he never enriched himself in a corrupt way while in office for eight years. He noted that he has only three houses in Daura, Katsina State, and Kaduna State, Buhari, insisting that nobody could blackmail him for illicit enrichment while in office. The former…
Read MoreCourt Sends Gospel Singer, Timileyin Ajayi To Prison
A Nasarawa State High Court has remanded an acclaimed gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi, at a correctional facility over the killing of his 24-year old girlfriend, Salome Enejo. Ajayi is being charged with culpable homicide as he was arraigned on Monday at the High Court of Justice, Lafia before Justice Simon Aboki. The state Counsel, Stanley Ifeanyi, told the court that Ajayi killed Enejo, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, in the FCT. Ifeanyi said that the offence violated Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria,…
Read MoreFelix Achinike Aguocha Goes Home Fri, Jan, 31
The remains of Pa-Felix Achinike Aguocha of Amakwu Umuegbe Alaenyi Ogwa Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State will be committed to mother earth on Friday January 31. A release from the family informed that, there will be a service of songs at his compound on Thursday January 30. On Friday January 31, his body leaves New Heaven Mortuary Alaenyi to his home town, Amakwu Umuegbe. There will be a funeral service at St. Joseph Catholic Church Alaenyi Ogwa followed by interrement at his compound
Read MoreS’outh-East PDP Stakeholders Replace Odefa, Pass Confidence Vote in Anyanwu
The Peoples Democratic Party Southeast stakeholders have unanimously nominated Hon Chidibere Goodluck from Ebonyi State as a replacement to Chief Ali Odefa who was sacked by court. It can be recalled that Chief Odefa was suspended by the PDP leadership in his ward and subsequently expelled. His suspension and expulsion were challenged in court and all his efforts to upturn the party disciplinary action proved abortive as court upheld his expulsion. Information garnered revealed that up till date, neither Chief Odefa nor the party in Ebonyi State had challenged the…
Read MoreNigerian Troops Capture Boko Haram Commander Abu Iklima
Nigerian troops under Operation Hadin Kai have successfully captured Abu Iklima, a top Boko Haram commander, in a decisive operation in Bama Local Government Area, Borno State. Iklima, who commanded the Gaizuwa area, also known as Mantari, Gabchari, Kashimiri, and Maimusari, had his enclave destroyed by the troops. Counterterrorism expert Zagazola Makama confirmed that hundreds of Boko Haram fighters were neutralized during the raid. “This Abu Iklima, a top commander of Boko Haram, was commanding Gaizuwa and its surrounding areas. His enclave was severely destroyed by troops, with hundreds of fighters…
Read MoreIsrael releases 200 Palestinian prisoners in a Gaza ceasefire deal after Hamas freed four soldiers
Hamas militants handed over four captive female Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday after parading them in front of a crowd. Israel followed with the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees as part of the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Details by Palestinian journalist in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, Shrouq Aila.
Read MoreThank you for arresting Simon Ekpa, Tinubu tells Finland Ambassador at Presidential Villa
Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu has appreciated the Finnish government for arresting the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Tinubu while receiving Sanna Selin, Finland’s ambassador to Nigeria at the Presidential Villa on Friday, January 24, said he appreciates the intervention of the Finnish government in Ekpa case. He said the Nigerian government is not ready to tolerate divisiveness or treasonable actions which threaten the nation’s unity. Bayo Onanuga, the president special adviser on information and strategy, in a statement, commended the Finnish government for its “timely intervention” on…
Read MoreK.K.Nwagwu:Ex-Imo Speaker Seeks Ihekweme ‘s Release,Wants Him Charged To Court .
Following the continued detention of Fabian Ihekweme a former Commissioner to Governor Hope Uzodinma, former Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon.Kelechi Kennedy Nwagwu has demanded for his immediate release,saying he should be charged to court or be set free. In a press statement , the former Speaker, stated that the continued incarceration of Ihekweme is a direct affront to his fundamental human rights and abuse of law by those behind his ordeal. He pointed out that keeping Ihekweme in detention without charging him to court is not good…
Read MoreImo Guber -Home Boy Wanted! NYA To Politicians,We Endorse Owerri Zone For 2027 Imo Governorship.
…We’ll resist any Abuja based Politician. The National Youth Alliance NYA Imo State chapter,under the leadership of Comr. Chinonso Uba, aka Nonsonkwa has resolved to officially take a position on the 2027 Imo Gubernatorial election and as such will endorse Owerri Zone for the exalted position in the state. The resolution came after it thorough reviewed the Gubernatorial elections from 1999 to 2019. NYA noted that Orlu zone has taken the highest chunk of the rotation of power in Imo state, producing Chief Achike Udenwa in 1999, Sen.Anayo Ethelbert Rochas…
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